Wales Office News

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today welcomed the announcement that plans were progressing on the £1 billion scheme to electrify the main South Wales to London railway line. Transport Minister Lord Adonis re-affirmed the Government’s commitment to electrify to electrify the Great Western Main Line from London to South Wales, plus a £250m investment [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain met management and workers at Toyota’s Deeside factory this evening to deliver a message: governments in Westminster and Cardiff Bay will work together to do everything possible to safeguard their jobs and the long-term future of the plant. The Welsh Secretary was at the plant, which employs around 540 [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today saw how a North Wales University is helping to develop a prototype for the world’s largest telescope.  During a visit to the Optic Technium in St Aspah Mr Hain saw the research work being carried out by Glyndwr University on seven optical mirror prototypes for the European Extremely [...]

Wales Office Minister Wayne David and Welsh Assembly Government Education Minister Leighton Andrews joined forces with a former winner of TV’s The Apprentice to encourage local employers to say ‘you’re hired’ to more young people. The Ministers joined Apprentice winner Tim Campbell at an employer breakfast, held in Cineworld cinema in Cardiff, aimed to highlight the [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain has paid tribute to former Labour leader and Ebbw Vale MP Michael Foot, who has died at the age of 96.   Mr Hain said: ”Michael was perhaps Wales’ most brilliant adopted son. A good friend, he gave me much personal support over 40 years, from the Anti-apartheid Movement to our work together on the Tribune [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain saw the latest world leading digital technologies - made in Wales - when he visited the Sony UK Technology Centre in Bridgend. As Wales is set to become the first digital nation of the UK, Mr Hain was given a preview of the latest digital products to be produced [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today [Monday 1 March] celebrated St David’s Day by launching a new set of Royal Mail stamps featuring famous Welsh castles. The stamps include images of popular historic Welsh castles such as Caernarfon, Carreg Cennen, Beaumaris, Criccieth, Harlech, Chepstow, Dinefwr, Dolbadarn, Dolwyddelan and Conwy. Mr Hain was also presented with [...]

THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2010 As we take this opportunity to debate and celebrate all that is Welsh and our pride in Wales, perhaps there is a lesson from our national team’s sensational last minute victory against Scotland the other Saturday: don’t write off the red team until the final whistle… By the way, I’m talking rugby [...]

Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain was visiting Germany today on a fact-finding mission for an ambitious scheme to transform Anglesey into the UK ‘hub’ for wind energy and create hundreds of new low carbon jobs. Mr Hain visited the German North Sea port town of Bremerhaven, which has witnessed the creation of around 700 [...]